UKRAINE - People are deceived by the U.S. / EU - Nazis and fascists in control of government, formed by US and EU. - In this blog, I will provide the information that the Western press is not willing to give. The purpose is to open the eyes of the Norwegian, European and Ukrainian people about what actually happens in Ukraine, and who’s behind. Some text is mine, but also from friends or I borrow/ bring in from other media

søndag 15. april 2018

Stupid is as stupid does: White House cites social media, open-source outlets in US assessment of alleged Douma attack

Shortly after Trump announced strikes against Syria on Friday evening,
the White House "assessed with confidence" that Damascus was behind the
alleged gas attack in Douma - citing social media and "reliable intelligence."

Comment: Social media, seriously? Surely they must be joking...

"A large body of information indicates that the Syrian regime used
chemical weapons in the Duma area of East Ghutah, near Damascus, on
April 7, 2018," the White House assessment said.
The report goes on to cite "reliable intelligence" as well as "social
media users, non-governmental organizations, and other open-source
outlets," which implicate the Syrian government in the attack.

Comment: ...oh wait, no, they're serious.

"Videos and images show the remnants of at least two chlorine barrel
bombs from the attacks with features consistent with chlorine barrel
bombs from past attacks. In addition, a large volume of high-resolution,
reliable photos and video from Duma clearly documents victims suffering
from asphyxiation and foaming at the mouth, with no visible signs of
external wounds," the assessment said, without providing details about the sources of the videos or images in question.

Comment: So, as usual, they have no sources and no evidence to back up their claims.

The assessment also includes a number of dubious claims, including
that "the Syrian regime has repeatedly used chemical weapons to
compensate for its lack of military manpower" - an allegation that
doesn't seem to fit the circumstances surrounding the Douma attack, as the Syrian army had essentially liberated all of Eastern Ghouta days before the alleged attack took place.

The White House also dismissed reports that Jaysh al-Islam, the militant
group that was pulling out of Douma at the time of the attack, was
behind the incident. "We have no information to suggest that this group
has ever used chemical weapons,"

However, last year the group reportedly
admitted to using banned weapons to attack Kurdish forces in Aleppo,
shortly after reports emerged of a chlorine gas attack in the area. The
group later clarified that it was referring to "modified Grad rockets,"
and not chemical weapons.

Finally, the White House declared that it would be impossible
for so many trusted news outlets to be duped by false reports about the
alleged attack.

Comment: So in other words, they're basically
relying on TV news sources and random posts on social media for their
'intelligence'. Hmm, where have we heard something like that before...

'Saddam...err, Assad has weapons of mass destruction!'

"It is unlikely that the opposition could fabricate this volume of
media reports on regime chemical weapons use. Such a widespread
fabrication would require a highly organized and compartmented campaign
to deceive multiple media outlets while evading our detection," the
assessment stated.